page_title: Nootka Sound
hierarchical_section_title: Nootka Sound
caption_attribution_description: "A Man of Nootka Sound (British Columbia)" Drawing by John Webber, Captain Cook's official artist, c. 1778.
context_page_description: Nootka Sound is a sound of the Pacific Ocean on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, in the Pacific Northwest, historically known as King George's Sound. It separates Vancouver Island and Nootka Island, part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It played a historically important role in the maritime fur trade.
context_section_description: Nootka Sound (French: Baie de Nootka) is a sound of the Pacific Ocean on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, in the Pacific Northwest, historically known as King George's Sound. It separates Vancouver Island and Nootka Island, part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It played a historically important role in the maritime fur trade.
caption: John Webber's Man of Nootka Sound
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